The Booker Prize Foundation has revealed a new prize to mark its 50th anniversary which will put previous winners across five decades into contention for a one-off award. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Hosted by Joe Haddow, producer of the BBC's Radio 2 Book Club, the episodes will go live alternate Friday mornings from July 24 through to the winner announcement in October. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zambia's Namwali Serpell has won the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, and is to share her £10,000 prize money with her fellow shortlistees. Serpell won the award with short story "The Sack" from Africa39 (Bloomsbury). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James’ own company Fifty Shades Ltd had a “very successful” year to the end of September 2014, with a turnover of £18.1m and profits of £9.8m. However, this was down significantly on the previous year, when the company generated £43m with a profit of £25m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown imprint Abacus has acquired UK rights to Jonas Jonasson’s The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared. Independent Hesperus was ordered to stop selling or distributing the title in April after a High Court hearing brought by Hachette Book Group US, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A novel set in imperial China wins the £25,000 Water Scott Prize for Historical Fiction at the Borders Book Festival. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai has won the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. The British literary honor, which is award every two years, comes with a £60,000 purse. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail has signed two books from Orange Prize-winner Valerie Martin, a novel and a collection of short stories. Commissioning editor Rebecca Gray signed UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) from Peter Straus at RCW, on behalf of Molly Friedrich at the Friedrich Agency. Short... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Telegraph's head of books Gaby Wood is chosen as the new head of the Man Booker Prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish author Donal Ryan, whose debut The Spinning Heart (Doubleday Ireland) won the 2013 Guardian First Book Award, is among the winners of the 2015 European Union Prize for Literature. The 12 winning authors from across Europe were announced today (14th April) at the Opening Ceremony of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the winners of the third annual Cartoonist Studio Prize. The winners were selected by Slate Book Review editor Dan Kois; the faculty and students at the Center for Cartoon Studies, represented by CCS fellow Sophie... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize Foundation has announced the death of its literary director, Ion Trewin. He passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 71. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist turned publisher, whose achievements included editing Thomas Keneally’s Schindler’s Ark and Alan Clark’s Diaries, succumbs to cancer Ion Trewin, the journalist turned publisher who went on to run the Man Booker prize, has died aged 71, the trustees of the Booker prize foundation have... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winners for the Best Children's Publisher of the Year were announced in Sala Borsa in Bologna on Monday, March 30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary world mourns the driving force behind the UK’s most prestigious books award Martyn Goff, the ‘master of tactical indiscretion’ who shaped the Booker prize into one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, has died at the age of 91.Goff, who died on Wednesday after a long... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The regional shortlists and winners of The Bookseller Industry Awards’ Independent Bookshop of the Year category, sponsored by Gardners Books, have been praised by the judging committee for their “creativity, passion and [for] demonstrating the very best the sector has to offer”. The judges —... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 1964, the great science fiction writer Stanisław Lem published his philosophical magnum opus Summa Technologiae. But it wasn’t translated into English (from Polish) until two years ago. Lem’s book is an exhilarating take on the future of humanity. It jumps from idea to idea throughout science... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers have criticised the Man Booker Prize's change of stance on the print availability of longlisted titles as “disappointing”. However others have applauded the ruling, saying publishers must be able to set publication dates as they wish. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK has lost nearly 50 libraries over the past year, according to full figures released today (11th December) by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poetry, Young Adult titles and a Booker Prize winning author feature on the list of books to be given away during World Book Night 2015. Special editions of the 20 titles will all be given away by thousands of volunteers, who can now begin applying to take part in the annual event on 23rd April... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Social purpose is one of the key themes behind the shortlist for the Management Book of the Year Prize. Presented for the past five years by the Chartered Management Institute and the British Library, and supported by the Henley Business School, the £5,000 prize is given to the best book on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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